Pulling No Punches. A Rant on Mental Health

K and Bill chat about the DØSE and what goes into creating novel and powerful experiences using challenging workouts as the mechanism to expand the mind. 

This chat explores some of what led them to not just create the DØSE, but BTE as a whole, including their experience as long time CrossFit Affiliate owners, and how a beautiful and powerful 3 part, 5 word mantra is maybe the ultimate benefit people experience by engaging in DØSE and BTE as a whole.

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K and Bill return to the podcast with a casual and conversational approach to sharing with you the stuff they find themselves talking about, thinking about, being challenged by, and exploring.

This chat is not about teaching anyone anything, but sharing personal experiences about coaching and training from a place of curiosity.

Michael Blevins is the co-founder of nonprophet and creator of The Space Program. He has worked in the fitness industry for 15-years, training private clients, group fitness, directing training for movie projects, professional athletes, and sports teams, as well as publishing multiple original books and works on the methods and other breakthrough insights on the psychology and physiology of fitness.

Connect with Michael at @gritandteeth and @nonprophet
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Carleen Matthews is an early adopter to both CrossFit and our DØSE program. Carleen  is a mother, affiliate owner, Games athlete and a person who "wants in" on all things mindset. She shares her beginnings of CrossFit, after becoming sober in 2010, and her journey to and through competing at the CrossFit Games. We dig into the delicate line between being committed to the training process and what can easily become obsessive behavior and how she has used 'mindset' in getting to know her WHO. Carleen will be partaking in The Big Fish fundraising event June 9th that will last 30 hours to support veterans along with some of our other BTE friends Vincent Ruiz and Street Parking founders Miranda and Julian Alcaraz.

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If there was ever a CrossFit OG, Karl Steadman is it. Karl discovered CrossFit in 2003 and was immediately drawn to its counter-culture 'alternative' approach to not fitness but more importantly, a 'career' path. With curiosity and novelty driving his pursuits, Karl has dedicated his professional life to sharing the impacts of CrossFit with others. He has been an affiliate owner, has delivered over 400 CrossFit seminars, and now is the UK affiliate liaison for CrossFit HQ. In this episode we hear about his experience with the Dose, his relationship to 'doing hard things', and how he navigates fitness today. With 20 years under his belt, Karl continues to evolve and shares what 'getting better' looks like for him.

Karl is on Instagram @KarlSteadman 

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Miranda and Julian started their company, Street Parking in 2016 after establishing themselves in the CrossFit community in their respective roles. Miranda as a Flowmaster for CrossFit seminar staff and CrossFit Games athlete, and Julian as a CrossFit Games athlete. Their story of building the Street Parking community and the commitment to building it, alongside their family and tight-knit staff, is inspiring to say the least. These leaders embrace authenticity, hard work and vulnerability in their work, their family and their relationship with fitness.

Check out the Miranda at @fearlessmiranda
Julian at @009julian
Street Parking  @streetparking  

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Oakley Woodhouse is a powerhouse of a human. She owns the incredible Forest Flow CrossFit in the UK, is a member of the CrossFit Seminar Staff team, works for The 180 Project non-profit bringing fitness and health to at risk and vulnerable populations,  and is a highly accomplished athlete. Who Oakley is, though, is far deeper than her accomplishments. She is an incredible soul whose energy is contagious, story inspiring, and is certainly leaving the world a better place than she found it.

Check out Oakley at @ojaywoodhouse
Forest Flow CrossFit @ForestFlowCrossFit
The 180 Project @180ProjectUK

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Michael Giardina started CrossFit in 2005. He has worked as a trainer at a CrossFit affiliate and as a CrossFit Seminar Staff Flowmaster and Content Supervisor. He has competed at the CrossFit Games and served as a CrossFit Games Head Judge. He is a Certified CrossFit Coach (CF-L4), has a Master of Science degree in exercise physiology, a Master of Public Health degree, and works as CrossFit’s Senior Manager of Health Education.  Mike is a student of life and a natural fit for BTE. This conversation is packed with nuggets of fitness, education, and life wisdom.  

You can find Mike G on IG at mikeg_af and  @crossfit    

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Spencer Nix, owner and chief researcher of Behavior & Performance Research joins us to discuss his 20+ year journey in the fitness industry. Spencer discusses his journey from a CrossFit affiliate owner for over a decade to the creation of BPR, which combines behavior and identity coaching with fitness and performance. Spencer shares many of the similar sentiments as we do at BTE, so a connection was bound to happen.

Spencer has been in this space for a long time and actually one of my L1 instructors way back when I took my first CF L1 in 2010. He is a wealth of knowledge but it is his heart, passion, and authenticity that impresses and inspires us the most. 

This episode is packed with gems and like all good conversations, the hardest part was finishing it. Til next time.

Instagram: @spencernix @bpr.institute

BPR Field Manual: https://amzn.to/3TmCKww

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Jason Ackerman, co-founder of Best Hour of Their Day, joins us to discuss creating something from passion and care without the end goal in mind first, taking on challenges to grow through fitness, parenting, the Dose, and more. Jason is an OG in the CrossFit space whose enthusiasm, positivity, and genuine care for what he believes in can inspire anyone, fitness coach or not.

Jason can be found at https://www.besthouroftheirday.com/
Instagram @CoachJasonAckerman @besthouroftheirday

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